Fishing arrowhead



June 10, 195 R. A. GOTTSCHALK EI'AL 2,599,626

FISHING ARROWHEAD Filed Oct. 5, 1951 v M WAR/v50 2 BY 20 16 17 WzQ/zmflmm 6M ATTORNEYS Patented June 10, 1952 OFFICE FISHING ARROWHEAD Roland A. Gottschalk and Robert W. Warner,

Gresham, Oreg'. Applicationbctober 5, 1951, Serial No. 249,936

This invention relates to an arrow head, and more particularly to an arrow head for use in spearing fish and having a movable barb for holding it in a speared fish until intentionally released.

It is realized that arrow and spear or harpoon heads with movable barbs have longbeen in use, but .such previously-used heads have not been entirely satisfactory for certain purposes, particularly for use as arrow heads. The barbs of such previously-used heads are not automatically set when the head enters the body of thefish, but are set by the pull of a line tending to pull the head out of the fishs body, and are frequently not set at all, especially if there is insufiicient penetration of the head into the fish, resulting in the frequent loss of speared fish. Also, the barbs previously used have been diflicult or impossible to maintain in a retracted or released position for withdrawal of the associated head from the body of a fish, resulting in the head having to be cut out of a speared fish or in the fish being badly torn by the barb when the head is removed.

It is among the objects of the present invention to provide an improved arrow head having a shaft-receiving socket in one end and a point at its other end and having a barb connected thereto between the point and the socket and inclined outwardly and toward the socket end of the head; in which the barb is mouned in the head for rotational movement substantially about its longitudinal center line between a position in which it extends closely along the adjacent side of the head and a position in which it projects outwardly from the head substantially at right angles to the latter; in which the barb can be positively retained in its retracted position alongside the head while the head is extracted from a fish;- and which arrow head is simple and durable inconstruction, economical to manufacture, and positive and efiective in operation.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the following description and the appended claims, in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a fishing arrow carrying a head illustrative oi. the invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view similar to Figure 1, but with the arrow rotated to an angle of 90 from the position illustrated in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 2, with the barb in extended position, as illustrated in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view 4 Claims. (01.43-6) similar to Figure 3, but showing the barbin-retracted position; and

Figure 5 is a side elevational view similarto Figure 1, but showing the barb held in retracted position,

With continued reference to the drawing, the numeral I!) generally designates an arrow head including a metallic body of cylindrical shape having a coaxially disposed, substantially cylindrical recess l I in one end providing a socket receiving one end of a wooden arrow shaft l2 and having at its other end a point formation l3 of conical shape coaxial with the body.

An aperture i4 oi cylindrical shape extends transversely through the body between the conical point formation It and the socket-forming recess H, and this aperture has its center line inclined to the longitudinal center line of the body at an angle of approximately 45. A counterbore i5 is provided in the end of the aperture l4 adjacent the point formation 13, and the other end of this counterbore is disposed at least partlyin the larger or base end portion of the conical point formation, as is particularly illustrated in Figure 2.

A barb IS in the shape of an elongated pin extends through the aperture l4 and projectsfrom the end of the aperture adjacent the recess II. This barb or pin has on its end disposed outward- 1y of the body of the head a point formation H and has on-its other end a head l8 disposed in the counterbore I5 andof a size such that it will not pass through the aperture I4. Preferably, the body is peened at the outer end of the counterbore l5, as indicated at [9 in Figure i, to retain the head of the barb in the counterbore.

The barbv i6 is curved intermediateits: length, as indicated at 20, so that in one rotational position, it lies alongside the cylindrical portion of the body of the head Ill and extends from the end of the aperture l4 adjacent the socket end of the head substantially to the socket end of'tlie head, as is particularly illustrated inFiguresA and 5, and in another rotational p osi'tlonit'iorojects outwardly from-the bodytr the neareststantially perpendicularly to the latter, as is particularly illustrated in Figure 1 and Figure 3. Near its pointed end the barb is also slightly curved longitudinally, as indicated at 2|, so that the pointed end of the barb diverges slightly from the adjacent side of the head body when the barb is in its retracted position.

An aperture 22 extends transversely through the head body near the socket end of the latter and through the portion or the shalt l2 received inthe socket and a light line 23 is threaded through this aperture.

After a fish has been speared, the head with the barb thereon may be forced entirely through the fish to project at the side of the fish opposite that at which the head entered the fish, the barb being turned to its retracted position during this forcing of the head through the fish body. The line 23 is then wrapped around the barb near the pointed end of the latter and tightened, as illustrated in Figure 5, to positively hold the barb in retracted position as the head is withdrawn through the fish.

With this arrangement, the head may be easily withdrawn from a speared fish, and it is not necessary to cut the head out of the fish, nor is the fish materially damaged or the head therefrom.

The invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The present embodiment is, therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are, therefore, intended to be embraced therein.

What is claimed is:

1. An arrow head comprising a metallic body of substantially cylindrical shape having in one end a recess providing a'socket for receiving an end of an arrow shaft and having at its other end a pointed formation of substantially conical shape, said body having an aperture extending transversely therethrough between said socket and said point formation with the longitudinal center line of said aperture inclined relative to the longitudinal center line of said body and with a counterbore in the end of said aperture adjacent said point formation, and a barb in the form of an elongated pin extending through said aperture and projecting from the end of the latter adjacent the socket end of said body, said barb having point on its endprojecting from said body and a head on its other end received in said counterbore and being longitudinally curved interinediate its length so that in one rotational position the portion thereof projecting from said aperture lies substantially along said body between said aperture and the socket end of the body and in another rotational position the portion thereof projecting from said aperture extends from said body substantially perpendicularly thereto.

2. An arrow head comprising: an elongated body having at one end a socket for receiving an end of an arrow shaft and having a point at its other end, said body having an aperture extending transversely therethrough between said socket and said point with the longitudinal center line of said aperture inclined relative to the longitudinal center line of said body and with a counterbore in the end of said aperture adjacent said point, and a barb in the form of an elongated pin extending through said aperture and extending torn by extracting from the end of the latter adjacent said socket, said barb having a point on its end projecting from said body and a head on its other end received in said counterbore and being longitudinally curved intermediate its length so that in one rotational position the portion thereof projecting from said aperture lies substantially along said body between said aperture and the socket end of said body and in another rotational position the portion thereof projecting from said aperture extends from said body substantially perpendicularly thereto.

3. An arrow head comprising an elongated body having at one end a socket for receiving an end of an arrow shaft and having a point at its other end, said body having an aperture extending transversely therethrough between said socket and said point with the longitudinal center line of said aperture inclined relative to the longitudinal center line of said body, and a barb extending through said aperture and from the end of the latter adjacent said socket with a point on its end extending from said body and a head on'its other end disposed adjacent the end of said aperture nearest said point, said barb being longitudinally curved intermediate its length so that in one rotational position the portion thereof projecting from the aperture lies substantially along said body between said aperture and the socket end of said body and in another rotational position the portion thereof projecting from said aperture extends from said body substantially perpendicularly thereto.

4. An arrow head comprising an elongated body having at one end a socket for receiving an end of an arrow shaft and having a point at its other end, said body having an aperture extending transversely therethrough between said socket and said point with the longitudinal center line of said aperture inclined relative to the longitudinal center line of said body, a barb extending through said aperture and from the end of the latter adjacent said socket with a point on its end extending from said body and a head on its other end disposed adjacent the end of said aperture nearest said point, said barb being longitudinally curved intermediate its length, so that in one rotational position the portion thereof projecting from the aperture lies substantially along said body between said aperture and the socket end of said body and in another rotational position the portion thereof projecting from said aperture extends from said body substantially perpendicularly thereto, said body having diametrically opposed apertures in the socket portion thereof, and a line threaded through said diametrically opposed apertures and engageable with said barb near the pointed end of the latter to positively retain said barb in retracted posi tion along the adjacent side of said body.

ROLAND A. GOTTSCHALK. ROBERT W. WARNER.

No references cited. 

